Labor Day Specials - and our Asheville store is open!

08.30.2021

Labor Day Specials!

August 30th - September 6th, 2021*
ALL WEEK LONG!



OUR ASHEVILLE STORE IS NOW OPEN!

We end every summer just like we start it, and 2021 is going to be no different...well, except we are pleased to announce that our new Asheville Store (located HERE) is officially open for business.

So that means to celebrate we are rolling out the lowest online prices in the United States, delicious vino, and lots of fun 😁

As always, thank you for your business. We continue to be humbled by the opportunity to serve you, and very much appreciate your support. We do not take it for granted!

Let's do this people!!

*Curbside Pickup Always Available*

*Please note our stores will be closed on Monday, September 6th 2021 but all sale prices will be active on our website through midnight on the 6th and available for pickup beginning Tuesday September 7th at 11am*



2020 Balcon Sur La Mer Rosé
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
Lowest Online Price in the USA!

Balcon delivers everything you want in a great rosé in spades. This unctuous pink wine is dry, stony, fruity, lengthy. Comprised of Grenache, Grenache Gris and Mourvedre, there’s a lot more here than many a rosé that you’ve tasted before.




2020 Larme en Rose
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
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If you stick around the wine business long enough, you’ll have seen it all. Where once wine coolers were cooler than Liebfraumilch, now hard seltzer is hot (served cold). White Zin was once de rigeur, though it was never French; it was from the good ol’ US of A. But then that became too sweet and the category died. Or seemed to. Because then rosé rose up like a zombie eager for fresh meat, though the current iteration of the pink stuff is more often French than not. Provence is the epicenter of it and the French have figured out how we like it: dry, pale pink, light and refreshing.




2020 SWIMBAD Rosé
Release Price: $15.00
winestore. Price: $8.99 (net)
SAVE 40%
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Rosé is the tipple of the tempting whether we are in Touraine, Tempe, Tuscaloosa, Tuscany or Saint-Tropez. Provence, the archetypal French vacationland, is the poster child for what modern rosé ought to be. Pale, quenching, lip-smacking.




2018 Highland Falls Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
SAVE 50%
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"Mountain-grown, it’s the richest kind,” as coffee commercials used to say, but it’s also true of Cabernet. Foley Family's pedigree doesn’t hurt either: the guys who bring you Merus, Chalone and Chalk Hill Wines are behind the powerhouse Highland Falls lineup too.




2019 Carmita Red Blend
Release Price: $15.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 47%
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Recently Almansa has been considered to be hot for high quality wines, but a century ago Almansa produced high quality wines, albeit at that time they were sweet ones. They used Alicante Bouschet, but today they call it Garnacha Tintorera, they nixed the sweet, and they mix it with 30% Monastrell to make this wickedly powerful red wine.




2019 Tatiana Guillot Chardonnay (Macon Villages)
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 48%
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In the climate change era, Macon seems to be morphing from light and slightly generic to richer and even slightly buttery. But only slightly. Remember that Chardonnay in France is almost always more about the minerals than the butter; Macon is clean and crisp and tangy. Yet, it is increasingly weighty.

That's what you get here, and it's really something...we’re not quite to California richness yet, but who knows?




2019 Le Paria Grenache
Release Price: $20.00
winestore. Price: $10.99 (net)
SAVE 45%
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From the Cabardés region inside Langeudoc, and a little town called Ventenac, in the rolling foothills of the Pyrenees. For France, this is warm climate viticulture though it is not so different from the southern Rhone Valley climatically speaking. In general, the Languedoc doesn't cool off in the same manner as the Rhone but Grenache is happily at home in such a sunny place. And the family is invested not only in their historical sites and vines on the side of Montagne Noire but also in sustainable viticulture. The vineyard is free of chemical inputs and the wine has no added sulfites; it’s aged only in traditional concrete tanks.



2019 Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay
Winery Price: $28.00
SALE PRICE: $16.98 (net) per bottle
SAVE 39%
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It's Sonoma Cutrer - what more do we really need to say? Oak, Vanilla, butter - all that you expect from a great California Chard and then a little extra thrown in for good measure...



2020 Escorlada
Release Price: $30.00
SALE Price: $17.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 40%
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Spanish wine is a bargain, right? It’s been that way for decades, though it’s only been in the last ten or fifteen years that the wider world has dropped some in their gullets and said, wait, this costs how much? Certainly, less than it should. It doesn't take geniuses to notice it, so we’re not making any claims to our own brilliance. In the case of this Garnacha Tintorera, we’re pretty sure we’ve found what may be the best sub $20 wine we have ever tasted. Spain has done it again!




2020 SWIMBAD White Wine
Release Price: $15.00
winestore. Price: $8.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 40%
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Swimbad White is a tangy, refreshing white wine from southwest France, an ideal source of seafood worthy wines. The Bordeaux region has been reliant upon Sauvignon Blanc for decades, that much is well-known, but other, less celebrated grapes have been crucial in Bordeaux. Colombard is a relatively neutral grape but, every now and then, in the right spot, the grape takes on texture and richness. Between the tangy citrus of Sauvignon Blanc and the weight of Colombard, this embodies both the classic style of traditional French white wine and the very modern pursuit of fresh fruity flavors.




2019 Terrasses de la Mer
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $9.99 (net)
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So, is it okay if I predict that Sauvignon Blanc becomes the world’s most widely planted grape in the next decade? In southern France, with the collection of hills, valleys, and plains rolling down to the Mediterranean, it thrives. Sure, the plains are not where you grow Sauvignon Blanc, but there are plenty of other spots where you do. There these wines are vibrant, expressive and tangy – and it’s rare that those three descriptors go together.




2019 Kingstree Chardonnay
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $10.99 (net)
SAVE 45%
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Do you want big? I said, DO YOU WANT BIG? Cuz that is what Kingstree is all about. The Chardonnays are unctuous, lush, and just plain big. Bring the thunder!




2018 Pabellon Rioja
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 48%
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The powers behind Bodegas Lo Nuevo have a remarkable set of vineyards in many of the sexiest parts of Spain, and they always bring some crazy value to it. This is no exception, and is one of the most exciting sub $15 red wines we have tasted in a long time!




2018 Overbrook Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $8.99 (net)
SAVE 55%
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In the world of sub- $15 wine, Overbrook Cabernet is a revelation. I guess this is what happens when you put world class vineyard sites in a partnership with world class winemaking team and an extreme focus on quality and value. We need more of these in the world!!




2018 Darley Proprietary Red
Release Price: $?
SALE Price: $24.99 (net)
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One time only on sale, just to celebrate the opening of our new store!




2019 Snowvale Cabernet
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $10.99 (net)
SAVE 45%
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It's no surprise that I love Snowvale Cabernet. It's classic California; ripe fruit, full-bodied, hints of spice, firm tannins, and an intense yet balanced finish. The surprise is that it's only $13. This is one to buy by the case. Just don't tell your friends how much you paid.




2019 Solanilla
Release Price: $42.00
SALE Price: $19.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 52%
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Verdejo can have a layered texture all its own, and this dead ringer for high end California Chardonnay proves that Spain is the current global King of insane quality for extreme value.




2018 Bodegas Morca
Release Price: $45.00
SALE Price: $34.99 (net)
SAVE 22%
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Dating from 1916, when Juan Gil Gimènez built a winery in the heart of the Jumilla region. The family’s success in that warm, sunny, elevated region has led to growth into other DO’s like Campo de Borja, where the Moncayo mountain is the dominant feature and offers numerous microclimates. Morca is fat, rich and very, very powerful (16% alcohol); this is the stuff you bring to the party that is serving prime rib, T-bones or perhaps live boar.




2019 Double Ripasse GSM
Release Price: $35.00
SALE Price: $19.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 43%
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Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre are happy bedfellows from anywhere, and the Vellas family has sites throughout Mediterranean France that allow balance as well as intensity to be achieved.



2019 Orlaida Red Blend
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net) per bottle
SAVE 48%
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Bodegas Lo Nuevo's success has allowed them to spread their wings to other prestigious regions. Their Montsant projects have brought them perhaps even more fame than in Jumilla. Orlaida could become a benchmark for the potential of Montsant. The vineyards for their Garnacha are at 2,000 ft. in altitude in the area of Cornudella de Montsant, with Priorat like slate soils. Cariñena vineyards in Darmós and Masrig are on clay soils, and the Syrah vines are located on limestone.



2019 Cape Charles Sauvignon Blanc
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 48%
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After killing it with the AVERÆN project in Oregon, the Banshee gang is hard at work again in Washington. They’ve grabbed some vineyards in Walla Walla Valley and we’re smart enough to snag some of their early efforts. There’s not a lot of Sauvignon Blanc grown in these spots, but what is there produces wines like this one: poised, more bright melon and citrus - just the way it should be.



2019 P/N Pinot Noir
Release Price: $25.00
SALE Price: $12.99 (net)
SAVE 48%
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Put together a bunch of passionate kids (some with backgrounds selling wines for legends such as Eric Solomon and Martine Saunier) deeply immersed in the California biz and you can find some pretty tasty wines. That's what they did and that's what we have here.




2019 Rocoiseau Viognier
Release Price: $12.99
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 38%
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More than a half century ago Viognier was forgotten; near extinct. In the 1980s things blew up, with acreages quintupling. There were a few successes, but most just didn't do justice to the grape. Winegrowers eventually found the ideal conditions, while the Viogniers of the Rhone have become pricey and sought-after. Elevated spots in the Pays d’Oc are this wine’s source; to a great degree this is the grape’s frontier now
 

2019 Chazeaux des Beauchottes
Release Price: $20.00
SALE Price: $7.99 (net)
SAVE 60%
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In warmer spots in the southern region of Languedoc-Roussillon, Pinot Noir can prosper but only in the cooler sites. With Chazeaux des Beuchottes, these cooler sites help produce complex, bright and fresh Pinot Noir. At this price, we dare you to find better Pinot Value!



NV Raffaello Prosecco
Release Price: $15.00
winestore. Price: $8.99 (net)
SAVE 40%
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Until recently, for Australian producers (and others), Prosecco was a grape and not a place. Recent changes Italy made to how Prosecco is classified, by renaming the grape in these wines as Glera and deeming Prosecco a place and not a grape, mooted any possibility of other countries insisting that they were just naming their wines Prosecco as a varietal designation. Maybe it helped, but Prosecco blew up, internationally speaking. Raffaello is by far, in a sea of Prosecco producers, the best value we have ever tasted.